Harvey Keitel

Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut, "Reservoir Dogs," has remained a part of my top ten films since I first saw it a few years ago, and having just finished the crime classic again, I'd like to share my views and reflections on its thrilling story. As a stunning debut from an unknown director at the time, "Reservoir Dogs" has become a staple of the massive genre of crime films. This film also introduced Quentin Tarantino's trademark direction style, displaying controversial dark humor, well…

artificially created system is created by human to keep control of people so they may have a peaceful and happy life. In this movie the only person who reflects the nature of government as the guarantor of peace and security is Hal who was played by Harvey Keitel. Harvey is the police officer who was assigned to the case when Louise murdered Harlan who is the man that tried to molest Thelma. Although Hal was the police officer in the movie, he had a sense of understanding and compassion for…

Charlie Cappa (Harvey Keitel) places his hand above open flames over and again, as if by tormenting himself with the roaring inferno he can achieve some spiritual salvation. The same masochistic tendency can be found in Raging Bull (1980), when Jake La Motta (played by Robert De Niro) submissively takes relentless beating from his opponent yet still self-destructively remains standing in the ring. In The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Jesus (Willem Dafoe) takes Judas Iscariot (Harvey Keitel)…

Apocalypse Now is produced and written by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written with John Milius. It stars Martin Sheen who plays Captain Benjamin L. Willard as well as a U.S. Navy patrol crew that are set out down the Cambodia river on a top-classified reconnaissance mission to assassinate a rogue colonel after the Vietnam War. Apocalypse Now is based on and mirrors the novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad’s “The Heart of Darkness” it implies that the separation of people from…

In 1988, Martin Scorsese directed and released one of the most controversial films of the decade, “The Last Temptation of Christ.” While previous films surrounding Jesus portrayed stories that many evangelicals are familiar with, this took a completely different route. The film even begins with a disclaimer stating that it is not based off the gospels. It can be argued that this takes away from the true historicity of who Jesus was within the film, but the interpretation provided can possibly…

Have you ever felt like a scruffy car that needed a good maintenance until someone came along and helped you fix your life, picked yourself up and dusted you off and get back up again? If so, then the movie “Finding Graceland” might be the right film for you. This movie is a remarkable masterpiece with a powerful meaning, where setting, acting and overall delivery of the message work together to deliver a great spiritual story. The Movie is introducing the character of Bern (Johnathon Schaech)…

In 1988, Martin Scorsese directed and released one of the most controversial films of the decade, “The Last Temptation of Christ.” While many previous films surrounding Jesus portrayed stories that many evangelicals are familiar with, this took a completely different route. The film even begins with a disclaimer stating that it is not based off the Gospels. It can be argued that this takes away from the true historicity of who Jesus was, but the interpretation provided can possibly give…

It wasn't long until the school lured its most famous student, a young actor named Marlon Brando. Along with Brando, Judy Garland and Dolores Del Rio were notable among her early students. Later students included Robert De Niro, Martin Sheen, Harvey Keitel, Candice Bergen. In 1985 Adler would open a second school in Los Angeles, where she tutored Nick Nolte,…

It is impossible to think of a list of great films without including Pulp Fiction (1994). With its striking cinematography and its non-scored soundtrack, Pulp Fiction was a revolutionary motion picture because it popularized non-linear storytelling in film, and borrowed elements from postmodernism, genre films, and arthouse films, and blended them into something completely unique to Tarantino’s personal style (Berg, 2006). From many influences of foreign and niche films, Pulp Fiction was born,…

Introduction: Which film? When asked to “name the film” based off of the following description: a commercially successful American production about the Vietnam War; based (loosely) on a book; prominently featuring a popular song, and directed by an Academy Award winner, the average moviegoer may be surprised to learn that two films would actually fit the bill. The first is the extremely well-known Apocalypse Now , which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola (then credited as Francis Coppola) and…